crap/not crap

I saw them open for Built to Spill back in the mid-90s, and sweet lord, were they horrible. One of their songs even stole the riff from "Knockin' on Heaven's Door," which is already among the worst, most cloying songs ever written.

Since then, I've heard a handful of their records, and nothing has led me to revise my opinion of them. They are the streaks of crap that somebody left sticking to the basin of a public toilet.

i read an interview with that brock person somewhere in which he was getting snotty about belle and sebastian, saying they were ok but all the songs sound the same, which i found funny because thats what his music sounds like to me

Modest Mouse is crap. My drummer (whose taste I highly respect) loves them. I don't get them at all. His voice is dumb. I just find that stuff to be unlistenable...even the old stuff isn't that fun or cool. Big CRAP.

Fucking forcing my way through 'Good News...' right now. I will probably listen to it again sometime and maybe change my mind (don't think so, though) but upon first listening this album, she is a complete turd. However, I dig 'Moon over...' and "This Is a Long Drive..." so much I'm still voting not crap. Brock singing and songwriting is very much hit or miss - when he pulls off that intelligent lyrics/interesting melody/somewhat gentle way of singing thing of his, it can be and is really great and memorable. When he fails at it, entire thing instantly nosedives to reach depths rarely available to any forms of expression... oh God make it stop, I can't take it anymore. Fuck you, 'Good News...'. Fuck you.

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I dig 'Moon over...'

. For years I remained convinced that this albums is called 'Moon OVER Antarctica'. I think it would be a better title than 'Moon and Antarctica'. Oh, and 'Good news...' still sucks all sorts of balls.

I think this is a pretty damn good band. Lonesome Crowded West is a fantastic album. Moon and Antarctica and This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About are as well, if somewhat less so.

Antero wrote:I think this is a pretty damn good band. Lonesome Crowded West is a fantastic album. Moon and Antarctica and This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About are as well, if somewhat less so.

+1. All the singles on Building Nothing out of Something are also pretty great.

I don't really like anything they've done since TM&A, but I'd still give them an overall NC.